The Simplest Sentence & Bottom-line Basics               

      Example Set #1    a.  Come!
                        b.  Go!
                        c.  Think!
                        d.  Jump!
                        e.  Smile!

      Perhaps these five 'utterances' share certain common characteristics or 
even a common pattern or set of features.  If so, then we need a term to name
the pattern, and other terms to name the separate features.  If you note any
pattern(s) or striking similarities, list your observations here before
continuing: 


Emotion word in a question 
Action word in a simple declaration 
Action word in an exclamatory command 
Emotion word in an imperative 

Now consider the five new 'utterances' in Example Set #2 below.  Does any part
of the 'utterance' in Set # 2 resemble the 'utterances' in Set #1  in any way?
List the similar parts in the blanks below to the right of Set #2.

                                     Which word in #2 resembles #1 utterance?
      Example Set #2    a.  Fads fade.      =  
                        b.  Art endures.    =  
                        c.  Scholars work.  =  
                        d.  Santa laughs.   =  
                        e.  Birds fly.      =  
                                            


Perhaps these five new 'utterances' have their own special set of
characteristics.  List your observations below;  try to be as precise as
possible in describing the similarities that you notice:  


Two action words in an exclamation
An action word & a name word in a declarative statement 
A name word & an action word in a command 
A name word & an emotion word in a statement 


Now in the Omni-functional Daily Drill Sheet [ODDS], check two #1-type 
utterances in red & #2-type utterances in green. Then find and circle ten (10)
'utterance-parts' or word-groups that have the same pattern as you observed
and listed above in Set #2.  Number your circled selections.  You should do
this exercise on a separate sheet to hand in before continuing.  In fact, 
it might be worthwhile for you to read the entire Drill Sheet and to compare 
what Plato has to say there about 'utterances' to what you have just observed 
and written down above.
      Now that you have read Plato's remarks and thought some more about the
characteristics of utterances, you may be ready to undertake a first attempt 
at defining clearly and exactly some very important traditional terms such as
'word' and 'sentence'.  Write down your suggestions before continuing: 


A word is one syllable or more that expresses an name or action & a sentence is a statement.
A word is a set of letters & a sentence is a set of words. 
A word is a set of syllables & a sentence is a statement or question.
A word is one syllable or more that expresses an name or action. & a sentence has to have both types of words.